tele-
1
. a combining form meaning “
distant
,” especially “transmission over a distance,” used in the formation of compound words: telegraph.
What is Tele short for?
| Acronym Definition | TELE Telephone | TELE Teledynamics | TELE Technology Enhanced Learning Environment |
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What does the word tele mean in telephone?
1 : distant : at a distance : over a distance telegram. 2a :
telegraph teletypewriter
. b : television telecast. c : telecommunication telemarketing.
What does the base Tele mean?
tele- in American English
(ˈtɛlə ) at, over, from,
or to a distance
.
telegraph
.
What is Tele example?
Tele is defined as from a long distance. An example of tele used as a prefix is in the
word telephone
. Telephone.
Does Tele mean far?
tele- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning “
far
. ” It is attached to roots and sometimes words and means “reaching over a distance, carried out between two remote points, performed or operating through electronic transmissions”:telegraph;telekinesis;teletypewriter.
Is Tele a root or prefix?
tele-,
1
prefix. tele- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning “far. ” It is attached
to roots
and sometimes words and means “reaching over a distance, carried out between two remote points, performed or operating through electronic transmissions”:telegraph;telekinesis;teletypewriter.
What are three words that use the root word tele?
- telephone. (noun) sound from far away. …
- television. noun. seeing distant things. …
- telegraph. noun. writing from a distance. …
- telescope. noun. device for looking at distant objects. …
- telethon. noun. …
- telephoto. noun. …
- telepathy. noun.
What is another word for Tele?
| telly box | goggle box eye |
|---|
What words have the root tele?
- telephone.
- telegraph.
- telephony.
- telescope.
- telemetry.
- telephoto.
- telepathy.
- teleology.
What is the origin for Tele?
before vowels tel-, word-forming element meaning “far, far off, operating over distance” (also, since c. 1940, “television”), from
Greek tele
“far off, afar, at or to a distance,” related to teleos (genitive telos) “end, goal, completion, result,” from PIE root *kwel- (2) “far” in space or time.
Which Word uses the Greek root for Tele?
| A B | telephone sound from far away | telegraph writing from a distance | telephoto light from far away | telescope device for looking at distant objects |
|---|
Is an example of tele marketing?
Telemarketing
is the direct marketing of goods or services to potential customers over the telephone or the Internet. Four common kinds of telemarketing include outbound calls, inbound calls, lead generation, and sales calls.
Is Tele A morpheme?
| multi-million-aire un-certain-ty | tele-graph-y peace-ful-ness |
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How do you use Tele in a sentence?
Tele sentence example
I knew I shouldn’t have touched them, but I did, they looked just like the ballet shoe on the tele .
I is a horizontal section in the direction of the axis of the tele FIG.
What is the meaning of Tele in Greek?
Tell students that the Greek root tele means “
distant or far away
.” Then print the following mathematical sentence on the board and read it aloud: tele + phone = telephone. Say:The other Greek root in telephone is phone; it means “sound.”
